Colorful Veggie Stir Fry – Indian Chinese Style

Some days the sun shines brilliantly and makes for the best day to click some good pictures – especially of food – A day like that presented itself and I was beside myself with joy since I had invited some friends over for lunch and I was planning on making this veggie stir fry. Colorful veggies can be a big turn on for the gastric juices and a visual treat. And I hope to achieve this with this recipe. For those who see my FB page, you will have seen this as my “cover photo” and on the slide above on my homepage

This is an all too simple recipe, the only hard or interesting part (depending on how you view it) is the veggie cutting – I made this a fun chore and you can see the result of it in the pictures below. A few ingredients to spice it up and I was good to go.

Here now is my recipe

Ingredients

Veggies of your choice

Hot stir fry sauce

1tsp Sambar powder

1 tsp or squirt of Sirarcha sauce

1tbsp Ginger

1tbsp Garlic

1tsp sesame seeds

1tsp of Asian spices

Nuts (optional)

1tbsp +2tsp of sesame oil
Fresh green Thyme to garnish (can use basil or other too)

Method

Heat 1tbsp oil

Add the garlic and ginger and sesame seeds

Roast till garlic is golden

Add the chopped veggies
Add all the spice powders – The sambar powder infuses a fine Indian aroma to this dish while the Asian Spices confirms that it is indeed a Chinese dish with an Indian twist JThe addition of Potatoes also lends some Indianness to the dish.

NOTE: If you are using potatoes, like I did, you may want to cook it for a few minutes in the microwave or steam them ahead of time for a 3-4 minutes

Cook on high flame stirring/tossing them

Once they are tender, but still crisp, add the sauce

IMPORTANT – The veggies should be Al dente and retain their shapes and their own individual flavors – that’s what makes this dish special

The best part for me was the well cut and arranged veggies.. it takes a lot of patience.. I am a chop and drop person… i put the pan on the stove and pour oil and then run to the pantry looking for onions the dish looks simply awesome